Kuwait City, Kuwait
Group of 3 towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Arabian Gulf, inaugurated on 26 February 1977
The Kuwait Towers are three slender towers on a promontory at Ras Ajuza on Kuwait City's Gulf shore, opposite Dasman Palace, and the best-known symbol of modern Kuwait. Designed by the Swedish firm VBB (Sune Lindström and Malene Bjørn) and built by the Yugoslav company Energoprojekt from 1975, they were officially inaugurated in March 1979. They are the sixth and last group of Kuwait's 34-tower water-tower network, but in a completely different style, and they won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1980 for combining technology, beauty and public use. The main tower is 187 metres tall with two spheres: the lower holds a water tank in its bottom half and a restaurant, café and reception hall above; the upper, 123 metres above sea level, has a viewing deck that turns full circle every thirty minutes. The second tower carries a single water sphere, and the third holds lighting equipment for the group. The spheres are clad in blue and green discs that shimmer in the sun. The towers were damaged during the Iraqi invasion of 1990, with photographs of the damage displayed at the viewing level, then closed for maintenance from 2012 to 2016 and reopened with a huge fireworks celebration.
Go up to the rotating viewing deck before sunset and stay until the city lights come on; a full turn takes half an hour. Allow an hour to an hour and a half. You can dine in the lower sphere's restaurant with a booking. The towers are on Arabian Gulf Street, so combine them with a waterfront walk and Green Island.
Hours and prices change — check before you go. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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